Editing The Fantastic Four: First Steps (section)

===Background===
Following the critical and commercial failure of ''[[Fantastic Four (2015)|Fantastic Four]]'' (2015), co-written and directed by [[Josh Trank]] and based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, [[20th Century Fox]] began looking at new directions to take the franchise. Having also produced [[Fantastic Four (2005)|two]] [[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver  Surfer|earlier]] ''[[Fantastic Four (Film Series)|Fantastic Four]]'' films directed by [[Tim Story]] a decade prior, the studio did not want to just make another ''Fantastic Four'' film. By June 2017, [[Seth Grahame-Smith]] was writing a new film that would shift focus to Franklin and Valeria Richards, the children of original Fantastic Four leaders Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Taking inspiration from the ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' (2004–2009) comic book series, the screenplay included original Fantastic Four members the Thing and the Human Torch, and was described as kid-centric with a tone closer to ''[[The Incredibles]]'' (2004) than Trank's darker film. The basis of the screenplay came from a separate script that [[Carter Blanchard]] had adapted from the children's book ''Kindergarten Heroes'' by [[Mark Millar]]. Millar previously consulted with Fox on their Marvel-based films. In July, [[Noah Hawley]], who had created the Marvel Television series ''Legion'' (2017–2019), was hired to develop a separate film focused on Doctor Doom, the Fantastic Four's primary antagonist. [[The Walt Disney Company]] officially acquired [[21st Century Fox]] in March 2019 and gained the film rights for the Marvel Comics characters that Fox controlled, including the Fantastic Four, for its subsidiary [[Marvel Studios]]. The Marvel-based films that Fox had been developing were placed "on hold".